Eco-Friendly Driving Habits Save Fuel and Help the Environment

Source: godfreymorrow.com Published: January 19, 2017 Looking to save money at the fuel pump this summer, earn favorable vehicle insurance rates, and do your part to keep carbon emissions out of the environment? The solution is simpler than you might think, and it’s...

Try A Solar Water Heater

Source: greenamerica.org Published: January 18, 2017 By Green America After a year with their solar hot water heater, homeowners Bob Allen and Lyle Rudensey say they’ll never go back to relying on a conventional water heater. Even in gloomy, rainy Seattle, they are...

Australian Solar Hot Water Installations Top One Million Mark

Source: reneweconomy.com.au Published: October 21, 2016 The number of solar hot water systems installed in Australia has topped the one million mark, according to the Clean Energy Regulator, but the rate of installation is at its lowest in a decade. The CER said in a...

Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America

Source: greentechmedia.com Published: January 13, 2016 Sacramento Has the Most Net-Zero Buildings of Any City in America Katherine Tweed California is home to more than half of all the net-zero buildings in the U.S., according to a new survey from the Net-Zero Energy...

Retrofits Are Key to an Energy Efficient Building Stock

Source:  forbes.com Published: April 13, 2016 Liberty Tower Lobby By Benjamin Freas Even if all new buildings from today on were built to be net zero energy, it would take several decades for the change to have an appreciable effect on overall building energy...

India Looks to LEDs in Massive Energy Conservation Bid

Source: voanews.com Published: March 4, 2016 FILE – High-efficiency LED light bulb “E-CORE”, shown at the 17th Toshiba Group Environmental Exhibition in Tokyo. A street light retrofit is expected to lead to a significant conservation of energy in India and reduce its...